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To: FR1 who wrote (6550)	11/28/1997 8:39:00 PM
From: soup	Respond to of 213173

Interesting Blurbs. via Yahoo MACWEEK - Apple Computer Inc (Nasdaq:AAPL - news) is set to ship its 'Blue Box' operating system compatibility environment ahead of schedule, MacWeek reported in its Nov. 24 issue. Shipment is planned for shortly after Thanksgiving, the magazine reported. PC WEEK - Bugs, glitches and incomplete core features may delay release of Microsoft Corp's (Nasdaq:MSFT - news) Windows NT 5.0 until 1999, PC Week reported in its Nov. 24 issue. Commercial release of the next-generation operating system was originally targeted for mid-1998. COMPUTERWORLD - International Business Machines Corp (NYSE:IBM - news) unveiled its Java-based network computer and, in a snub to Microsoft, said it will not build Microsoft-sanctioned Windows-based terminals, Computerworld reported in its Nov. 24 issue. biz.yahoo.com Since IBM has also reportedly canned OS2 for the desktop, I guess that opens the door for other OS's to fill the gap. soup PS. Scott, run this exercise. If you didn't already own December calls, would you go out and buy them on Monday? If not, then you should consider taking the loss.

To: FR1 who wrote (6550)	11/28/1997 8:46:00 PM
From: soup	Respond to of 213173

Apple Puts Java Support In WebObjects 3.5. via CMP >"In the past, WebObjects was considered a powerful development tool, but not regarded as an easy-to-approach tool due to having its own language," said Kay. "We wanted to make this version accessible to more people and better leverage a developer's time while using it."< WebObjects is the technology responsible for Apple, Dell and Sharper Image sites among others. techweb.com

To: FR1 who wrote (6550)	11/28/1997 10:43:00 PM
From: Doren	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213173

Franz, I agree, if they sell an OS that works on the accursed Intel boxes then by all means sell Intel boxes. Besides the side to side comparisons might convince people who have spent the last month trying to install a raid drive or printer that Macs are not so bad after all. Doren

To: FR1 who wrote (6550)	11/29/1997 1:38:00 PM
From: Sam Scrutchins	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 213173

But nooo - chances are we will crawl back in our hole and fantasize about how the world is going to beat a path to our door... - ...and years from now we will say "You know we had our last big opportunity in '98 but again we completely missed the boat. We should have done it like Microsoft - embrace your enemy and then devour them." Actually, what you present is not a bad idea. Seems to me that two important issues are present here, maybe more: -- To what extent is Apple moving away from a hardware-oriented RISC/PowerPC company to a software-oriented provider of operating systems and some additional applications? -- To what extent is the PowerPC model at all viable for the future and whether chips like Intel's Merced can become an appropriate model? I think that those of us who view the hardware side of Apple's business as an albatross around the company's neck would very much agree with you. OTOH, those of us who think that Apple must continue to produce MACS or some future version thereof would generally disagree. Personally, I have had a very difficult time deciding on this issue, and I still don't know which way the company should go. Sam